Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 25 — Unfunded Mandates Reform
§ 1531. Regulatory process
Statutory text
Each agency shall, unless otherwise prohibited by law, assess the effects of Federal regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector (other than to the extent that such regulations incorporate requirements specifically set forth in law).
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
Pub. L. 104–4 title II § 201 · 109 Stat. 48
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 1531
(Pub. L. 104–4, title II, § 201, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 64.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–4, title II, § 201, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 64.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 201. REGULATORY PROCESS. Each agency shall, unless otherwise prohibited by law, assess the effects of Federal regulatory actions on State, local, and tribal governments, and the private sector (other than to the extent that such regulations incorporate requirements specifically set forth in law).
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 104–4, title II, § 209, , 109 Stat. 67, provided that: “This title [enacting this subchapter] and the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
Executive Documents
Regulatory Planning and Review
For provisions stating regulatory philosophy and principles and setting forth regulatory organization, procedures, and guidelines for centralized review of new and existing regulations to make the regulatory process more efficient, see Ex. Ord. No. 12866, , 58 F.R. 51735, set out as a note under section 601 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.